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IUP Academy of Culinary Arts
Academic Calendar

The IUP Culinary Arts curriculum condenses 2 years of study into 16 months. Students attend classes in Punxsutawney for three semesters: Fall, Spring and Summer.  The fourth and final semester is a paid externship in the industry.

Baking & Pastry Arts students (who previously have completed the three semesters of culinary arts classroom instruction) attend classes in the Fall and Spring.  Their final semester is a paid externship in the Summer.

All new students begin classes in the Fall Semester. 
Fall Semester 2007
Spring Semester 2008
Summer Semester 2008


  
Fall Semester, 2007  
Phase I Orientation Friday, August 10, 2007
Residence Hall Check-in Friday, August 24, 2007
Phase II Orientation (all new culinary arts students, mandatory) Sunday,  August 26, 2007
Externship Begins (continuing culinary arts students) Monday, August 27, 2007
Classes Begin (new students) Monday,  August 27, 2007
Labor Day, no classes Monday, September 3, 2007
Thanksgiving Break, no classes Monday-Friday,  November 19-23, 2007
Last Day of Class Friday, December 14, 2007
Semester Break, no classes Monday, December 17, 2007 thru Friday, January 11, 2008

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Spring Semester, 2008  
Classes Begin (continuing students) Monday, January 14, 2008
Spring Break, no classes Monday, March 10 thru Friday, March 15, 2008
Last Day of Class Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Baking & Pastry Toque Day Saturday, May 3, 2008
Baking & Pastry Externship Begins Monday, May 12, 2008
Semester Break Wednesday, May 7 thru Sunday,
May 25, 2008

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Summer Semester, 2008  
Memorial Day, no classes Monday, May 26, 2008
Classes begin (continuing culinary arts students) Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Independence Day, no classes Friday, July 4, 2008
Last Day of Class Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Externship Interviews (culinary arts students) Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, August 6, 7, & 8, 2008
Toque Day Saturday, August 9, 2008
Fall Semester 2007, Externship begins Monday, August 25, 2008 (450 hours)

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